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Lawmakers from both parties expressed outrage after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief revealed he was accidentally included in a Trump administration Signal chat discussing Yemen airstrikes.

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) called for investigations and firings, labeling it a serious security breach.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized the use of non-secure systems, warning that adversaries like Russia and China could exploit it.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) condemned the administration’s mishandling of classified information, saying it endangers national security.

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    6 hours ago

    Heads should roll? Maybe, if you ask nicely, the French may share some equipment and experience.

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      What line? Who? Everyone’s been angry the whole time. Still no line has been drawn. Buttery males…

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        The article claims that legislators on both sides were upset and I was making a joke about how the conservatives were okay with everything else up to this point.

        To be clear, if 13 GOP senators and as few as 3 house reps voted to remove Trump it would be done.

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    9 hours ago

    The worst thing is aside from being inept and careless, there is no chance they aren’t selling secrets to anyone willing to pay.

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    10 hours ago

    Hegseth is now saying it didn’t actually happen, matching their incompetence with dishonesty, the tone of this “merit based” administration

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    11 hours ago

    I think the important thing here is to not get distracted and focus on what’s really important:

    Hillary’s emails.

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    Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized the use of non-secure systems, warning that adversaries like Russia and China could exploit it.

    The singular problem with Americans doing a holocaust abroad is that another country might find out about it in advance.

    I mean, just think for a minute. What if we wanted to bomb a Russian orphanage or a Chinese university? They could take advantage of our data insecurity to thwart us!

    Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) condemned the administration’s mishandling of classified information, saying it endangers national security.

    We’re carpet bombing people on the other side of the fucking planet. This is so far outside the scope of “national security”.

    Absolute Ghoul Nation.

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    This is surprisingly a middle ground. I’ve been seeing people on the right just as pissed off about this. They have a point too in that there can be two truths here.

    He could have leaked information and needs to be held accountable.

    The claim that the information leaked as stated can be exaggerated.

    Just be careful out there that they don’t rope you into looking like idiots by being over dramatic.